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Prospectus for Submissions

TOYING WITH ART

December 6, 2012 through March 17, 2013

The Morris Museum, a major New Jersey cultural institution, is seeking artwork by established and emerging artists who live and/or work in the New York/ New Jersey region for an important, exciting, and fun exhibition focusing on the toy as an art medium.

The exhibition will explore the creative usage of toys and other childhood favorites as an art medium for 2D or 3D work. We are looking for artwork created with objects such as: LEGO® bricks, crayons, colored pencils, Rubik’s cubes, dominos, dice, Etch-A-Sketch®, plastic figures, dolls, stuffed animals, Lite-Brites, puzzles, toy cars, toy soldiers, construction or building toys, board games, jacks, marbles, jump ropes, beads, plastic baubles, sequins, building blocks, darts, action figures, toy parts, and any other type of toy that you can make art with!

The Morris Museum is accepting submissions for any type of artwork, including but not limited to, mosaic, assemblage, or sculpture that focuses on the toy as the medium or as the tool used to produce it; where commercially produced products are transformed into something exquisite, unique, and exciting.

For additional information or for a submission form, please contact artsubmit@morrismuseum.org

Submission Deadline September 15, 2012 Artists will be notified of their acceptances in October 2012

Eligibility Artists must live and/or work in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, or Connecticut Work must be ready for museum installation Work may not exceed the following dimensions: 5 feet tall, 4 feet wide, 150 pounds Artist is responsible for delivery and pick up of artwork

Or mail a CD to: Morris Museum Associate Curator Toying with Art 6 Normandy Heights Road Morristown, NJ 07960Images of works for consideration a. Jpeg Images (saved as title_lastname_firstname_#.jpg) b. You may send up to five (5) images (150 dpi), titles of work should correspond to an annotated list (see below)